Here are some pic's of some pumps l have had the blessing to have worked on in the Pacific Islands.....big hammer is the most used tool.

Mabe next time l go l will take 44 gallons of acid.....

this is the result of washing out a pump with salt water!!!!

Somewhere under that gray stuff there is blue paint!!! it took me longer to get the mud off the bolts than to get the bolts out

holly pump god wtf happen here goodness i wood be killed if i had a pump lookin this my dad is quit the cleany person his pumps has stayed clean and wen i started 7 years ago i was tought to keep em clean nvr let the pump git nasty cuz it will not treat me good keep it greased and cleaned dawn sope and acid every time it gose out

You'd be better off not cleaning it at all than using acid on it.

Carefull,the concrete may be the only thing holding it together (grin)

What a load of rubbish.

I was always told that a dirty pump is a busy pump. No time to clean it and keep pushing. lol

where do you find parts to keep the dirty pumps running?

They are just like old Fords you just have to to go down to Wal-mart and go to the concrete pump aisle, if thats no good l just go to local museum and steel the parts l need.

If one thinks about it,a great example of why not to put boom in saltwater

Believe or not, i use to work as a mixdriver for a company (many years ago) who grown alot - and i get a brand new mixtruck and the owner buy at least 3 brandnew pumps/year.... But after a couple of year... There where pumps only 2 year old, and they looked like scrap because the boss were more engaged in the hard liquor than the company. Believe me, i have seen 1 year old pump in much worse condition. The only guy who worked for him was alcoholic and snorting people - and me......Thats why i started my own pumpcompany and compete to that alcoholic-company....My former boss went to bankrupt, sorry for him....not, asshole! He wasn´t nice to he´s emploees. That´s why i´m a prototype to my employees - that the boss eat moste shit! I do the Chip Foose style. And believe me - he is right in his way to treat emploees: the boss eat moste shit! Then the employees forget that the boss earns 10-times than they earn - but they do they work whithout nagg. 

well use the aicd with water never str8 but hey we all got our own way to clean pumps and the comment about dirty pumps are bizzy pumps ill have to say no way a pump opr keeps his pumps clean no matter if u have 5 hours on that pump or 80 a week u take care of it and it will take care of u no matter what so i guess it is the button pushers to the real opr in this world

I don't intend this to be rude,a dirty pump means a lazy operator.There are tarps,plastic,old burlap sack and many more tricks to stay clean.Sorry